I have many interests, so this is going to be a blog on lots of subjects. Submarines, my family, history, books I read, the space programme, archaeology, astronomy, current events, the occasional joke.... Just don't expect any politics, sports or deep philosophy, and we should get along fine.

12 March 2007

This day in history: 12 Mar

1912: The first Girl Scout meeting in the United States was held at the home of Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.

1928: The St Francis Dam, in California, failed shortly before midnight; the official death toll from the resulting flood stands at 495, though undocumented farm workers are not included in this figure.

1933: Franklin Delano Roosevelt held the first of his radio "fireside chats," on the topic of banking.